SCULLING.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 15056, 27 July 1912, Page 9

SCULLING.

THE WORLD'S CHASIHONSHIP. ARNST V. BARRY. ' ■: The world's sculling championship wHS b« a at stake on Monday, when R. Atnst /the , J present r champion) will meet Barry (the ' . English champion) ohthe Thames. , ,'•"" ''Arnst,' is,reported to', bo in /good - form', ■ recently wrote stating that he did nobfancy Barry a chance much, and there " seems : but little doubt that the Zambesi ;; I race will : be repeated (says an Australia.! ■ critic). Those Australians who saw Barry " ; row on that occasion reckon he did not ' , : even know how 1 to atari properly, and that' "S>, he did not take the trouble to straighten up ■$> his boat when they were ready to get off the mark. The Englishman neTor gets Off the mark quickly, but relies.on his staying. » power to wear down his opponent. The world's champion «an dash away ; quickly, and row a mile equal i to, if riot ', better than, any other iwiuller, as his two - V matches with 'both Peasco,, and Webb re- ,< vealed. Moreover, he is a wonderful stayer, and it is safe to predict ';hafc be will get such a comfortable lead in the first mile as to settle Barry's pretensions. ."'.? Every sculler who rowed Barry in ,a match. \ (George Towns, W. Fogweli,, and Albany).'.",.'. have all led him by some distance for at■>•',■ least a mile and a-hallf, but none of them. , , i were stayers. Towns .iin his best day would ' have beaten the Englishman badly,"